Convertirse en Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir is an icon of female liberation and her unconventional relationships inspired while scandalizing her contemporaries. But she is not only known for that, since she also stands out as a philosopher and novelist. Her novels won prestigious literary awards and The Second Sex transformed the way we think about sex and gender. Her relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre, one of the most important philosophers of the last century, was one of the most legendary of the 20th century, but for Beauvoir that fame had a cost: for decades his thought was undervalued as unoriginal in the shadow of Sartre's ideas. However, recently discovered new materials show the value of her own philosophical thinking and the role it played in Sartre's work. Kate Kirkpatrick is based on unpublished diaries and letters, and shows new personal details about Beauvoir's life that delve into the mystery of her figure. Why did this "feminist icon" build its own image? Why did you lie about your relationship with Sartre so often or claim not to be a philosopher?